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Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), CMS has used a combination of emergency authority waivers, regulations, enforcement discretion, and sub-regulatory guidance to ensure access to care and give health care providers the flexibilities needed to respond to COVID-19 and help keep people safer. Many of these waivers and broad flexibilities will terminate at the eventual end of the PHE, as they were intended to address the acute and extraordinary circumstances of a rapidly evolving pandemic and not replace existing requirements. To minimize any disruptions, including potential coverage losses, following the end of the PHE, HHS Secretary Becerra committed to giving states and the health care community writ large 60 days' notice before ending the PHE. He issued that notice on February 11, 2023. CMS will continue to accept waiver requests until May 11, 2023, when the COVID-19 PHE officially ends.
CMS has encouraged health care providers to prepare for the end of these flexibilities as soon as possible and to begin reestablishing previous health and safety standards and billing practices. Our fact sheets outline which blanket waivers and flexibilities will terminate at the end of the PHE, by provider type (Please find the fact sheets at https://www.cms.gov/coronavirus-waivers).
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